SYSTEMS, APPARATUS, METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR DOWNLOADING AND MAINTAINING IP STREAM WHITELISTS ON OPTICAL NETWORK TERMINALS

• US 20090180777A1
• Filed: 01/14/2008
• Published: 07/16/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tellabs Vienna, Inc. (Infinera Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Tellabs Vienna, Inc. (Infinera Corp.)
• Inventors: Szczebak, Edward J., Bernard, Marc R.
• Granted Patent: US 8,023,820 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 398/68
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 14/0226 Fixed carrier allocation, e.g. according to service
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 14/0232 for downstream transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 14/0238 Wavelength allocation for communications one-to-many, e.g. multicasting wavelengths
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 14/0247 Sharing one wavelength for at least a group of ONUs
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 14/0252 Sharing one wavelength for at least a group of ONUs, e.g. for transmissions from-ONU-to-OLT or from-ONU-to-ONU
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 14/0282 WDM tree architectures
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 2203/0058 Network management, e.g. Intelligent nets
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 3/1694 Allocation of channels in TDM/TDMA networks, e.g. distributed multiplexers Passive Optical Networks H04Q11/0062
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/185 with management of multicast group membership
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/082 the condition being updates or upgrades of network functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5054 Automatic deployment of services triggered by the service manager, e.g. service implementation by automatic configuration of network components
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/509 wherein the managed service relates to media content delivery, e.g. audio, video or TV

Abstract

Systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products are provided for downloading a whitelist onto a passive optical network including a passive optical network and a management interface communicatively coupled to the passive optical network and configured to provision the whitelist. An optical line terminal also on the passive optical network includes a passive optical network card operable to broadcast the whitelist to optical network terminals which are configured to receive and enforce the whitelist.

Claims

1. A system for downloading a whitelist onto a passive optical network, comprising:

a management interface communicatively coupled to the passive optical network, configured to provision the whitelist; and

an optical line terminal on the passive optical network having a passive optical network card operable to broadcast the whitelist to a plurality of optical network terminals, each optical network terminal configured to receive and enforce the whitelist.

2. The system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a multicast filter operable to filter a multicast group.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein each optical network terminal is further configured to receive and enforce a plurality of whitelists, each whitelist corresponding to a different service subscription.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the whitelist is broadcasted at a predetermined time.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the management interface is operable to update the whitelist with a user-specific update, and the optical line terminal is configured to provision a path to the optical network terminal and a whitelist identifier, and wherein the optical network terminal is further configured to determine, based on the whitelist identifier, if the whitelist is applicable to the optical network terminal.

6. The system according to claim 1, further comprising:

an accounting processor configured to compute an accounting of revenue exchange between a service provider and a content provider providing access to predetermined channels communicated over an access network and associated with the whitelist.

7. A system according to claim 1, further comprising:

an accounting processor configured to compute an accounting of revenue exchange between a plurality of end-user subscribers and a service provider, and associated with access to the whitelist.

8. A method for downloading a whitelist onto a passive optical network, comprising:

provisioning the whitelist; and

broadcasting the whitelist to a plurality of optical network terminals, each optical network terminal configured to receive and enforce the whitelist.

9. The method according to claim 8, further comprising:

filtering a multicast group.

10. The method according to claim 8, further comprising:

receiving and enforcing a plurality of whitelists, each whitelist corresponding to a different service subscription.

11. The method according to claim 8, wherein the whitelist is broadcasted at a predetermined time.

12. The method according to claim 8, further comprising:

updating the whitelist with a user-specific update;

provisioning a path to the optical network terminal and a whitelist identifier; and

determining, based on the whitelist identifier, if the whitelist is applicable to the optical network terminal.

13. The method according to claim 8, further comprising:

computing an accounting of revenue exchange between a service provider and a content provider providing access to predetermined channels communicated over an access network and associated with the whitelist.

14. The method according to claim 8, further comprising:

computing an accounting of revenue exchange between a plurality of end-user subscribers and a service provider, and associated with access to the whitelist.

15. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon sequences of instructions, the sequences of instructions including instructions which when executed by a computer system causes the computer system to perform:

provisioning a whitelist; and

broadcasting the whitelist to a plurality of optical network terminals, each optical network terminal configured to receive and enforce the whitelist.

16. The computer-readable medium according to claim 15, wherein the instructions also cause the computer system to perform:

filtering a multicast group.

17. The computer-readable medium according to claim 15, wherein the instructions also cause the computer system to perform:

receiving and enforcing a plurality of whitelists, each whitelist corresponding to a different service subscriptions.

18. The computer-readable medium according to claim 15, wherein the whitelist is broadcasted at a predetermined time.

19. The computer-readable medium according to claim 15, wherein the instructions also cause the computer system to perform:

updating the whitelist with a user-specific update;

provisioning a path to an optical network terminal and a whitelist identifier; and

determining, based on the whitelist identifier, if the whitelist is applicable to the optical network terminal.

20. The computer-readable medium according to claim 15, wherein the instructions also cause the computer system to perform:

computing an accounting of revenue exchange between a service provider and a content provider providing access to predetermined channels communicated over an access network and associated with the whitelist.

21. The computer-readable medium according to claim 15, wherein the instructions also cause the computer system to perform:

computing an accounting of revenue exchange between a plurality of end-user subscribers and a service provider, and associated with access to the whitelist.